2003 AIHL season

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2003 AIHL season
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Regular season
Champions Newcastle North Stars
Top scorer Pavel Shtefan
Goodall Cup
Goodall Cup champions Newcastle North Stars
  Runners-up West Sydney Ice Dogs
AIHL seasons
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2004 →

The 2003 AIHL season is the fourth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL).

Regular season

Fixtures and results

The 2003 season consisted of 60 fixtures that were scheduled between 3 May and 29 August.[1] Each of the six teams where scheduled to play 20 games, with four games designated double-points games, where the one result counts towards two games, to save on travel costs.[2][3][4] Game 58 between the Canberra Knights and Adelaide Avalanche was cancelled due to ice problems at the rink inside Snowdome Adelaide. It was decided game 59 on the Sunday between the two teams would count as a double-points game instead, raising the number of double-points games for the 2003 season to five.[5]

May

May
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location
1 3 May 2003 17:30 Ice Dogs 8–0 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
2 3 May 2003 17:00 Bears 4–7 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
3 4 May 2003 17:30 Ice Dogs 9–6 Bears Sydney Ice Arena
4 10 May 2003 17:30 Knights 3–8 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
5 10 May 2003 18:00 North Stars 9–3 Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre
6 11 May 2003 15:00 North Stars 9–0 Ice Bendigo Ice Skating Stadium
7 17 May 2003 16:30 Ice 3–8 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
8 17 May 2003 17:30 Bears 3–5 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
9 17 May 2003 17:30 North Stars 7–3 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
10 18 May 2003 16:15 Ice 3–5 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
11 18 May 2003 17:30 Knights 3–7 Bears Sydney Ice Arena
12 24 May 2003 17:30 Avalanche 12–1 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
13-14 25 May 2003 17:30 Avalanche 4–3 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
15 25 May 2003 17:00 Knights 4–11 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
16 31 May 2003 16:30 Bears 1–4 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
17 31 May 2003 18:00 Knights 1–7 Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre
18 31 May 2003 17:00 Ice Dogs 2–4 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

June

June
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location
19 1 Jun 2003 15:00 Knights 0–4 Ice Bendigo Ice Skating Stadium
20 1 Jun 2003 16:30 Bears 2–6 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
Bye for all teams - Long weekend
21 14 Jun 2003 17:30 Ice Dogs 3–5 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
22 14 Jun 2003 18:00 Avalanche 4–2 Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre
23 15 Jun 2003 15:00 Avalanche 4–1 Ice Bendigo Ice Skating Stadium
24 15 Jun 2003 17:00 Knights 1–5 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
25 15 Jun 2003 17:30 Ice Dogs 2–4 Bears Sydney Ice Arena
26 21 Jun 2003 16:30 Ice Dogs 3–2 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
27-28 21 Jun 2003 17:30 Ice 3–1 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
29 21 Jun 2003 17:00 Bears 1–2 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
30 22 Jun 2003 16:15 Ice Dogs 6–7 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
31 22 Jun 2003 17:00 Ice 1–7 Bears Sydney Ice Arena
Bye for all teams - Brown Trophy tournament

July

July
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location
32 5 Jul 2003 17:30 Ice 3–3 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
33 5 Jul 2003 17:30 Bears 2–8 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
34 6 Jul 2003 17:00 Ice Dogs 2–8 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
35 6 Jul 2003 17:00 Ice 1–3 Bears Sydney Ice Arena
36 12 Jul 2003 17:30 Avalanche 5–2 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
37 13 Jul 2003 17:00 Avalanche 9–5 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
38 19 Jul 2003 16:30 North Stars 2–10 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
39 20 Jul 2003 16:15 North Stars 4–8 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
40 26 Jul 2003 17:30 North Stars 6–5 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
41 26 Jul 2003 17:30 Bears 4–1 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
42 27 Jul 2003 17:30 North Stars 3–2 Bears Sydney Ice Arena

August

August
Game # Date Time Away Score Home Location
43 2 Aug 2003 17:30 Knights 1–9 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
44 2 Aug 2003 18:00 Bears 9–5 Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre
45 3 Aug 2003 15:00 Bears 5–0 Ice Bendigo Ice Skating Stadium
46 3 Aug 2003 17:30 North Stars 4–2 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
47 9 Aug 2003 17:30 Ice 1–11 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
48 9 Aug 2003 17:00 Avalanche 10–3 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
49-50 10 Aug 2003 17:00 Avalanche 5–6 Bears Sydney Ice Arena
51-52 10 Aug 2003 17:00 Ice 1–9 North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
53 16 Aug 2003 17:30 North Stars 7–5 Knights Phillip Ice Skating Centre
54 16 Aug 2003 18:00 Ice Dogs 4–3 Ice Olympic Ice Skating Centre
55 17 Aug 2003 15:00 Ice Dogs 5–0 Ice Bendigo Ice Skating Stadium
56 17 Aug 2003 17:30 Knights 2–8 Bears Sydney Ice Arena
57 23 Aug 2003 17:30 Bears 3–6 Ice Dogs Blacktown Ice Arena
58 23 Aug 2003 16:30 Knights Cancelled[5] Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
59 24 Aug 2003 16:15 Knights 1–12 Avalanche Snowdome Adelaide
60 24 Aug 2003 17:30 North Stars 2–7 Bears Sydney Ice Arena

Key:

Winner Tie

Standings

1. Adelaide Avalanche           20 17 0 0  3 116: 48 34
2. Newcastle Northstars         20 14 0 0  6 106: 80 28
3. Sydney Bears                 20 11 1 0  8  87: 67 23
4. West Sydney IceDogs          20 11 0 1  8  99: 65 23
5. Melbourne Ice                20  4 0 1 15  41: 95  9
6. Canberra Knights             20  1 0 0 19  36:130  2

The statistics for the following table comes from the Newcastle North Stars and includes double point games.[6]

Team GP W T OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Adelaide Avalanche 18 15 0 0 0 3 98 52 +46 30
Newcastle North Stars 19 14 0 0 0 5 101 76 +25 28
Sydney Bears 18 11 0 0 0 7 74 64 +10 22
Western Sydney Ice Dogs 18 10 1 0 0 8 90 64 +26 21
Melbourne Ice 19 4 1 0 0 14 46 92 −46 9
Canberra Knights 18 1 0 0 0 17 45 106 −61 2
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs Premiership winners

Playoffs

The playoffs were held at Sydney's Glaciarium. Newcastle defeated the West Sydney 4–1 in the final to win their first championship and the Goodall Cup.

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

External links

References

  1. "2003 AIHL Competition Draw". NSW Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 3 August 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030803005429/http://www.nswicehockey.com.au/aihl_draws.asp. Retrieved 22 June 2024. 
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  3. "AIHL Draw 2003 (Dated 1/3/03)". The Sydney Bears. 24 August 2003. Archived from the original on 20 October 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031020160625/http://www.sydneybears.com.au:80/aihl/AIHL%202003%20draw%201st%20March.html. Retrieved 22 June 2024. 
  4. "AIHL Game Report: Games 22 & 23". Ice Hockey Australia. 15 June 2003. Archived from the original on 14 November 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031114020707/http://www.iha.org.au/aihl_game_report_june_14_03.asp. Retrieved 24 June 2024. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "AIHL Game Report: Game 58.59". Ice Hockey Australia. 24 August 2003. Archived from the original on 12 November 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031112171130/http://www.iha.org.au/aihl_game_report_game_58.asp. Retrieved 22 June 2024. 
  6. "2003 AIHL Draw". Newcastle North Stars. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040803122728/http://northstars.com.au/aihl03stats.htm. Retrieved 27 May 2022. 


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